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mattery

/ ˈmætərɪ /

adjective

  1. discharging pus

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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There is pain, a slight swelling of the nose, and mattery exudation from both nose and eyes.

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In such a case the discharge originally is thick and mattery.

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At different points around, pimples form with mattery heads,—pustules they are called—while the glands on each side of the neck become swollen and tender.

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This saturated cotton acts as a suppository absorbing the mattery secretion and in that way relieves the congestion.

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"Answer the dacent people," said Mattery, "aren't you a right profligate?"

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